Artificial lure



Oct. 20, 5

H. L. DE ZENG 1 I v ICIAL LURE Filed 192s TORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

new states answe er Application in; p eober'zv, 923. sbria e'npri.

To all 'ui/imn {it nurycom' Be it knoe n that 1., iv L. Zeno, a citizen of'the Uni-ted States, residing at Moorestown, county .of Burlington, 'State of New Jersey, hav'e iin' chted aneiv'ianfd us -e ful Artificial is a specification.

Fly present invention ,eemfprhenjds a novel construction an rangiment of on artificial lure wherein i113- anus-nae the lure will reflect-light so tli itf fish w ne; are

, beneath the lure illbe attia'cted'liy'it. it

In evi e ofl his ehas eeivesimmerse made, the illiiini iatibn of the lure is'brought about by -the light pass "through the water to -the top fof the "lure" and no provision has been for having the 311511;: reflected by the un e si e Jot th e The lure would preferably but not necessarily 'be in the form of 'a trolling hart which in qt ibfl jflQEtO revolve.

The means employed for musin the u derside of the line to reflect light y widely I in practice and difier d a r of constructiq, may be ijfniployed to accomplish this result. a

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have how in l hekacconipiai y ne; drawing a typical embodiment thereof which is at present preferred fliy me, since this embodiment will he found' 'in fct' to give satisfactory and reliable results. is, however, to be :u' ous instr-umentalities ;of ivliichiny mention consists can vbe variously Ia tanned amineganized and {that any k ited to the -precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentaliti'es as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents ,a plan view of a lure, embodying 'n'iy "invention.

Figure 2 represents a cross section on line 2-2 of Figure 1 but showing in addition the manner in which the light rays are reflected.

Figure 3 represents a side elevation of Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates an artificiallure embodying my invention.

Lure of which the following derstootl that the vgtri ntlon is not lirn Referring {first to @tlfie "construction seen in? lguiejsl ant l'Q the lurel is formed from a strip ofsheet mater al or it may be molded or pres into the desired 50 5-111.

In F1 u jes1ja'nd2, the body portion of are lure is formed by a strip of inaterial 2 whi h form the y l l i I ,1, a l u int d, iis 5 31 3 11 3-1 kmli h h ee ie-- Gel-fi s be ri d as de e- 0Pi Qsi -e mamma Pb tim of h body M i i l iedeflec il i911? i e t i t 3 2111 1431 1 3 ebod '9 t Pr i e ewness cl f? e -,1'; i b r ;5 a f ifi .1 il ewii r om 1 0th id S fthieii fi i er en r i hed t l' b hf i t a ed I 0 11 hg jsurfac'e. ,j [11 'be ieen from igu e? 1t1j1at; ;the v ht or light rays above will sign re th'eneflecting ine er4antlibe directed to the reflector 6 land from "such reflector downwarclly,'an cl, in asimi'lar manner, the li ht g eys will strik th refle to 20 the oppos te "side of the spoon and pa ss to reflector 3, h latte will cause them to be directed do nflvardly, so that the undersltle pfithetwo' e'flectii gjniembers Wand 6 w east "the ram a er-w rdl to i i-am the fh lfish- Th My pmn 2 is. it dd ith. yelet or ot r mean H Wt hi i ers i eli edapt ab de i'bi l- 1. .1 th- 'se; ,i 'tdiine itfj l e sha k 9 the hook h s rotatahly mounted fil d ii i a, a .v opposedmeiiib rs orauxi'liaryspoons 11 and 12 are permanently attached.

Both sides of the auxiliary spoons 11 and 12 form reflecting surfaces. The light rays pass to the inner face of the spoon 11 and are reflected to the inner face of the spoon 12 Which latter deflects the rays downwardly or Which in reverse order will cause the lightrays to pass from the inner surface of the spoon 12 to the inner surface of the spoon 11, so that in any position a spoon may assume, light rays Will be deflected downwardly When either spoon is upwardly.

It Will be apparent that these spoons duringtheir revolution Will cause the light rays to he flashed in many directions. Due to i e itetl lncti'bn the arrangement of the spoons, they will revolve about the shank of the hook or its equivalent when drawn through the water.

It will be understood that in Figures 1 and 2, the reflectors are arranged diagonally so that they effect the revolution of the lure when it is drawn through the water.

In the construction seen in Figures 4 and 5, I have shown another embodiment of my invention wherein the light rays are reflected approximately longitudinally of the lure, it being apparent that it is immaterial in the broad spirit of my invention as to how these light rays pass so long as light rays are deflected downwardly.

In this embodiment, 13 designates the lure which may be formed from sheet material or molded to its final contour. On one side of its spinning center or longitudinal axis a plurality of reflecting fins 14 and 15 are formed by slitting the mate-rial and pressing these fins outwardly. On the opposite side of the spinning center, similar fins 16 and 17 are formed which form reflectors but extend outwardly from the opposite face of the lure. These reflecting fins effect the rotation of the lure when drawn through the water. They also cause light rays to be intermittently reflected downwardly and in many directions during the revolution of the lure.

In all other types of lures or fishing baits with which I am familiar, which are provided with reflecting surfaces for attracting the attention of the fish, the light is reflected only in meridians above the horizontal plane of the lure, and, in consequence, fish lying below the plane of the lure are not attracted by it and however bright the reflecting surface of the lure may be, it cannot flash light below its horizontal plane. It is therefore obvious that the lure does not attract the fish lying near or upon the bottom of the water in which the lure is being used.

' ing surfaces which flash the light downwardly and laterally over a wide area as it revolves in being drawn through the water. It is therefore extremely effective and is in so far as I am aware, the first light reflecting lure which is capable of directing light rays from above into and through meridians lying below and to lateral sides of the plane in which the lure is being employed.

I am also the first in the art in so far as I am aware to devise a lure wherein the light rays pass through the lure in the act of directing light to meridians below the axis of the lure.

In substance, my invention consists of a system of novelly arranged reflecting surfaces whereby incident light from above is directed through meri ans below the plane of the axis of the lure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:--

1. In an artificial lure, a body portion, and a pair of revolving members, said members being located in pre-determined fixed relationship with respect to each other, the upper surface of one member being adapted to reflect light to the under surface of the other member alternately as said members are caused to revolve on moving the lure through the water horizontally.

2. In an artificial lure, a body portion, a hook, and a multiple system of reflectors, said reflectors being angularly disposed to said body portion and so inter-related as to reflect incident light from above the plans of the lure when in approximately horizontal position; downwardly into meridians 1ying below the plane of the lure.

3. An artificial lure, having a plurality of angularly disposed reflecting surfaces revolvable about the axis of said lure, said reflecting surfaces being so inter-related with respect to each other that light falling upon one member of the plurality of surfaces from above will be directed to the other member of the pair and then downwardly when the lure is in approximately horizontal position.

HENRY L. DE ZENG. 

